It was put on by Middlesex Freemasons, and brought in £4,500 for both the hospice in Kenton and for Shooting Star children’s hospices at Hampton in Middlesex.
The family day, with miniature train rides, food stalls and traditional games was held at Chertsey in Surrey by the Middlesex lodge.
“This made a real difference for two fantastic causes,” one of the organisers said. “It also brought people together.”
St Luke’s provides specialist end-of-life and palliative care to people in Brent and Harrow for anyone with an incurable illness to have the care they need to live well with their family — and “to die with dignity in the place of their choice”. Its services are free, with the support wellwishers like the Freemasons.
Shooting Star hospices help children with life-limiting conditions with therapies, symptom management and respite care. Families grieving a child get bereavement support for three years including counselling and arts therapy for siblings.
